Brazilian Music

Hello diggers! Today I would like to introduce you to an iconic Brazilian record label, Kaskata’s Records, founded in 1986 in the city of Santo André, São Paulo. When I first saw the Hip-Hop LP ‘’Vozes De Rua Vol.1" on KollektivX, I knew I wanted to dive deeper into the…

This is a story of an almost unlikely, even impossible friendship that feels like a cosmic encounter. Between two opposite universes and different languages, but which met in the portuguese verses of Milton Nascimento. Milton was born in Rio de Janeiro, son of Maria Nascimento on October 26, 1942. He…

Songs for everything and every day — Music is my eternal companion. It helps me relax as much as it helps me be productive. I am always listening to music. I have a playlist to clean the house, two or three to study, and another to listen to while I’m working. …

Special nod to The Green Door and Alien labs on a visit to San Francisco https://www.instagram.com/p/CgfHQ3FvvzU/ Friday 7/22/2022 San Francisco, CA Green Door: 7/10 (Love the staff, like the spot, don’t love the selection-or lack thereof.) Alien Labs Gelato 33 1g Cartridge: 7/10 (Would’ve been an 8 out of 10, if the cartridge hadn’t become…

Learn English (and Portuguese) with music — *Content Warning: There are curse words (explicit language) in two languages below, including sexual references. Read at your own discretion. Let’s start off with the rapper of this song, eh? Why not? A xamã, or “shaman”, has the same meaning in both Portuguese and English — a kind of tribal…

Learn English (& Portuguese) with translated lyrics — Read the Portuguese version of this page… Or, find this post and others on my personal website Lyrics & Translations Não sei mais pra onde ir I don’t know where to go anymore I don’t know where else to turn I don’t know where else to go Usually, we translate não mais as “anymore”. That’s…

In an exclusive interview, Aramà shares her story about falling in love with the culture from Pará’s Belém, the inspiration for her lyrics and production, and what’s next for her. Brazilian music has long influenced artists around the world. If Frank Sinatra fell in love with bossa nova in the…